Report on Russia

Introduction

This report explores attitudes towards gender roles and immigration in Russia using data from 2017 European Value Study (EVS). Key variables analyzed include v72 and v80, which respectively measure perceptions on maternal employment effects and job priority during scarcity. We will incorporates demographic information such as age, sex, and education level for a comprehensive analyses.

  • v72 - Child suffers with working mother
    • Question: When a mother works for pay, the children suffer
    • Scale: 1 (Strongly agree) to 4 (Strongly disagree)
  • v80 - Jobs are scarce:giving…(nation)priority
    • Question: When jobs are scarce, employers should give priority to [Nationality] people over immigrants”
    • Scale: 1 (Strongly agree) to 4 (Strongly disagree)

Descriptive Analysis

Below tables are descriptive statistics for both continuous (v72, v80, age) and categorical variables (sex, education) in Russia.

Summary Statistics for v72 and v80
Variables Mininum 1st Qu. Median Mean 3rd Qu. Maximum
v72 1 2 3 2.52700 3 4
v80 1 1 2 1.87600 2 5
age 18 31 43 45.65753 59 82
Summary Statistics for sex and education
variable value frequency proportion
sex Male 768 0.0129
sex Female 1057 0.0178
education lower 247 0.1353
education medium 405 0.2219
education higher 1166 0.6389
education NA 7 0.0038

Change in Attitudes by Age

The two graphs presented below illustrates how the two variables of interest change with age in Russia. The X-axis denotes age, while the Y-axis represents the average level of disagreement for v72 and v80.

Regression models

The table below shows regression models for both attitudes towards Child suffers (v72) and Job to national (v80) in Russia. The models include respondents’ age, age squared, sex and education.

Outputs from Regression Models
  Child suffers(v72) Job to national(v80)
(Intercept) 2.50*** 2.80***
  (0.15) (0.20)
age -0.00 -0.04***
  (0.01) (0.01)
age^2 -0.00 0.00***
  (0.00) (0.00)
sexFemale 0.00 0.02
  (0.04) (0.05)
edumedium 0.14* -0.06
  (0.07) (0.09)
eduhigher 0.13* -0.10
  (0.06) (0.08)
R2 0.01 0.02
Adj. R2 0.00 0.01
Num. obs. 1745 1771
***p < 0.001; **p < 0.01; *p < 0.05

Based on the model above, it appears that the sex variable is not statistically significant on attitudes towards child suffer (p>0.05). In the Job to national(v80) model, it appears that the sex variable is not statistically significant on attitudes national (p>0.05).